summarize

A python library for simple text summarization

Installation

First install nltk and numpy:

sudo pip install nltk
sudo pip install numpy

Then install the punkt and stopwords nltk packages:

sudo python -m nltk.downloader -d /usr/share/nltk_data punkt
sudo python -m nltk.downloader -d /usr/share/nltk_data stopwords

Then, run the tests:

python run-tests.py

If nothing is output, you're good to go!

Examples

See test/summarize.doctest for a few simple usage examples